On April 16, 1944 "Black Sunday" while parked at Saidor Airfield, this P-47 was struck by A-20G 42-86768 sliding across the runway. Damaged, ground crews had to extricate the pilot from the twisted fuselage. Ultimate fate of this aircraft is unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared.

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